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Medical Xpress / Neuron position found less crucial for brain connectivity than once thought
The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the processing of sensory information, the encoding of memories, attention processes, and decision-making. ...
Phys.org / Multiwavelength analysis finds no radio pulsations from accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar
Using various space telescopes and ground-based facilities, astronomers have performed X-ray and radio observations of an accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar known as MAXI J1957+032. Results of the observational campaign, ...
Phys.org / Brewing possibilities: Using caffeine to edit gene expression
What if a cup of coffee could help treat cancer? Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Institute of Biosciences and Technology believe it's possible. By combining caffeine with the use of CRISPR—a gene-editing tool known ...
Medical Xpress / Scientific 'spam filter' flags over 250,000 potentially fake cancer studies
A new machine learning tool has identified more than 250,000 cancer research papers that may have been produced by so-called "paper mills." Developed by QUT researcher Professor Adrian Barnett, from the School of Public Health ...
Phys.org / RNA droplets may have accelerated prebiotic Earth's development of complex molecules
The origin of life from Earth's primordial chemistry has long fascinated and perplexed us. Generations of scientists have endeavored to understand how complex biochemistry developed from organic compounds. Researchers at ...
Phys.org / Light-based nanotechnology offers potential alternative to chemotherapy and radiation
Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a new light-based nanotechnology that could improve how certain cancers are detected and treated, offering a more precise and potentially less harmful alternative to chemotherapy, ...
Phys.org / New map of the Milky Way's magnetism offers insights into cosmic evolution
A UBC Okanagan-led research project has given a group of international scientists their clearest view yet of the Milky Way's magnetic field, revealing that it is far more complex than previously believed.
Phys.org / A lost world: Ancient cave reveals million-year-old wildlife
Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's North Island, the first time a large number of million-year-old fossils have been found—including ...
Phys.org / Real-time imaging captures contact between cells and between a single neuron's extensions
Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way to track how and when ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds comparable long-term survival between 2 leading multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting strategies
A late-breaking study drawing on more than 15 years of national outcomes data from the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) suggests that the two most commonly used multi-arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) ...
Medical Xpress / Protein is all the rage: But how much do you really need?
Protein is having a moment, with federal guidelines significantly raising the recommended amount people should eat every day and products ranging from coffee drinks to Pop-Tarts touting enhanced levels of the nutrient. Eating ...
Medical Xpress / New guide aims to tame the chaos of UTI care
Millions of times a year, Americans seek urgent treatment for painful, embarrassing urinary tract infections. But while they once had to go in person for testing and treatment, now they can type messages to their clinic into ...